` xx.stray beads

[` xx.shiranui ♥]

` xx.I'm here standing on the edge;;
starin' up at where the moon should be xx

If you've played Okami I bet you've heard of the Stray Beads. Well, this topic is to discuss the Stray Beads, if you can't find them, etc. I have gotten all of the Stray Beads, so I know how to get them.

Here's what they make, the String of Beads.

STRING OF BEADS: increases your power x10, xyour health by infinity, and xyour ink by infinity
It's an ancient artifact that you can spread through all of your accounts. (:

Now, here is a list of locations for each Stray Bead:

CAVE OF NAGI
Stray Bead #1: After you cross the River of the Heavens, go down the path until you reach a waterfall. Go around behind the waterfall (jump over the river) and you should find it right next to a large rock.
KAMIKI VILLAGE
Stray Bead #2: Must have drawn sun in the beginning, and learned power slash. Go under the circular tower where you drew the sun from. You may notice two chests. Use your power slash in a certain angle to open them, and the stray bead will pop out.
Stray Bead #3: Must have the Water Lily technique. Go further north from the island where you first learned the Water Lily technique. Get the clover, then go behind the mountain and dig up the chest. **Best done at night.**
Stray Bead #4: Must have the Vine technique. Go near the bridge and tilt the camera upward -- you may notice a Konohana flower. Vine whip up to it, and go behind the waterfall, and you will find a chest containing the stray bead.
SHINSHU FIELD
Stray Bead #5: Must have bloomed the Guardian Sapling. Head down the hill to Moon Cave. Stop somewhere near the top of it, and then jump to the right (facing Moon Cave). You should end up on a small island with two trees, and a chest. Dig up the chest.
Stray Bead #6: Must have bloomed the Guardian Sapling. Dig up a chest behind the Dojo, at the cliff between the two fences.
Stray Bead #7: Must have bloomed the Guardian Sapling. Located across the river nearby bushes behind the Guardian Sapling.
Stray Bead #8: Must have bloomed the Guardian Sapling. Dig up a chest behind the Nameless Man's kiln.
Stray Bead #9: Must have learned Cherry Bomb 3. Go to Tama's and perform the Cherry Bomb 3 before him -- he will reward you with a stray bead.
Stray Bead #10: Must have taken Lika to the Wawku Shrine gate. Get all of the Nameless Man's vases (5) and put them with various guardian statues.
HANA VALLEY
Stray Bead #11: Must have beaten the imps around the fire. Dig in a spot through the tunnel nearby the first tree.
AGATA FOREST
Stray Bead #12: Go into Madame Fawn's house (the fortuneteller) and find a chest, open it, and obtain a stray bead.
Stray Bead #13: Must have fought Waka. Dig up the chest buried behind Karude's house.
Stray Bead #14: Must have fought Waka. Go up a hill nearby Tsuta Ruins' entrance, and find a glowy spot (night!) and dig it up.
Stray Bead #15: Must have the Vine technique. Stand on one of the islands and tilt the camera up toward the trees. When you see a Konohana flower open up, vine yourself up to it and keep vining yourself to various Konohana flowers that pop up (be sure not to get lost!) until you reach a branch with a chest on it. Open the chest to obtain the stray bead.
Stray Bead #16: Must have the Vine technique. Head toward the Mermaid Spring and tilt the camera up toward the top of the tree-like thing. You will notice a Konohana flower -- go up it and you will be in something similar to a spring, with a chest inside -- holding the stray bead.
Stray Bead #17: Must have Galestorm/Watersprout technique. Go to Madame Fawn's, or at least outside it. You may notice a chest on fire. Get rid of the fire and you will obtain a stray bead.
TSUTA RUINS
Stray Bead #18: Must have beat Blockhead and made the tree trunks appear. Head up to a wall that looks different from the others, use Cherry Bomb, and make it explode, then head inside and bloom the bud.
Stray Bead #19: Must have destroyed the poisonous urns. Head back to where you found the three demon gates, head across the water to a path across the water, and use Cherry Bomb to open up the way to a bud, which you can bloom.
Stray Bead #20: Must have the Vine technique. Head to the place where you first pushed the weird orb into the stop, and look up. You will find a Konohana flower -- hook yourself onto it and follow the path to a stray bead.
ARK OF YAMATO
Stray Bead #100: Given to you automatically after you beat Yami.

(( this list is still being updated ))